MATTERS OF LIFE AND DEATH

Boehner vows to stop abortion funding

Addresses March for Life on 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade

Published: 01/25/2013 at 1:20 PM

(LIFENEWS.COM) Speaker of the House John Boehner, a pro-life congressman from Ohio, released the address to LifeNews that will be played at the March for Life today.

During the speech, Boehner says the House will approve a bill to make the Hyde Amendment banning taxpayer funding of abortions permanent. Currently, the provisions of the pro-life law stopping abortion funding must be renewed every year and abortion advocates hope to stop it.